Search results for "Bill Russo"

Stan Kenton: An Esthete on Clark Street (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Bill Russo recorded this composition with his own orchestra for the Dee Gee label, and later created this setting for...

Stan Kenton: Frank Speaking (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

By 1952, Kenton was leading an ensemble called “New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm” and continued to attract excellen...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Stan Kenton: All the Things You Are (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Kenton admired Gerry Mulligan, but didn't like his attitude or his insistence on everything played his way. Yet for a...

Stan Kenton: Evening in Pakistan (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 22, 07

Like the proverbial Ark, Stan Kenton's behemoth Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra included at least two of every ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ EXOTICA

Exotica is armchair tourism. We experience foreign strangeness without the hassles of leaving home. No passports, imm...

Stan Kenton: Trajectories (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

As usual, Stan Kenton was ahead of the curve. His Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra was an icebreaker, intrepidly...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Stan Kenton: The Thrill Is Gone (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Married to Kenton for a few years, Ann Richards has her fans and detractors as a singer. Many listeners feel that her...

Stan Kenton: Fascinating Rhythm (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 20, 08

Updating the Kenton dance book was a wise idea, especially when Bill Russo became the main architect of New Concepts ...

Stan Kenton: All About Ronnie (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Chris Connor was recommended to Kenton by June Christy. Connor did not stay very long, but her stint with the band ma...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Stan Kenton: You and the Night and the Music (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 20, 08

The influence of Bill Russo's teacher Lennie Tristano is reflected in this austere setting of the classic minor balla...

Stan Kenton: 23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

The title denotes the coordinates for Cuba, and Russo would later say that this was one of his better pieces. George ...

Stan Kenton: Ennui (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Kenton took his Innovations in Modern Music concert jazz orchestra on two tours throughout the U.S. Although there we...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Letters: More on Bill Finegan posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 11, 08

In response to Jeff Sultanof's tribute to the late Bill Finegan, Ray Hoffman shares these warm recollections (p...

Stan Kenton: Invention for Guitar and Trumpet (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Kenton first heard of Willis Holman when Gene Roland played Stan a recording of a 12-tone contrapuntal blues that Bil...

Stan Kenton: Young Blood (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Mulligan and Stan Kenton was an odd mix that didn't work out. Mulligan's music was light years away from Kenton's dyn...

Random Jazz Notes . . . and a Badly Burned High D posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 23, 09

Jared Pauley’s article on the history of the Fender Rhodes electric piano brings back fond memories of my first...

Don't Gonna Play That Kling-Kling Jazz: A Prehistory of Jazz-Rock posted in Features and Interviews June 18, 09

By Geoff Wills When rock and roll emerged in the mid 1950s, many jazz musicians were witheringly scornful about ...

Bregman, Buddy (Louis I Bregman II) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bregman, Buddy [Louis I Bregman II], film composer, arranger, conductor, TV/Film producer, director, writer; b. Chica...

Ory, Kid (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

Kid Ory was the original "tailgate" trombonist: his enormous brassy sound, audacious glissandi and loud sense of humo...

Tristano, Lennie (Leonard Joseph) posted in Encyclopedia March 21, 08

The name of Lennie Tristano is known by few outside the world of jazz musicians. An early contributor to the bebop st...

Rolli, Maurizio posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rolli, Maurizio, bass; Maurizio Rolli is a graduate in double bass and jazz music studies. He is currently teachin...

Previous Page | Next Page